Semiconductor package

ABSTRACT

A semiconductor package may include a DRAM chip mounted on a substrate; an interposer stacked over the DRAM chip and including redistribution structures; a nonvolatile memory chip stacked over the interposer; a memory controller chip mounted on the substrate, and including a control circuit for controlling the nonvolatile memory chip and first pads and second pads electrically coupled to the control circuit; first conductive coupling members configured to electrically couple bonding pads of the nonvolatile memory chip to the redistribution structures; second conductive coupling members configured to electrically couple the redistribution structures to the first pads; and third conductive coupling members configured to electrically couple the second pads to the substrate.

CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATION

The present application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a) toKorean Patent Application No. 10-2016-0033893 filed in the Koreanintellectual property office on Mar. 22, 2016, which is incorporatedherein by reference in its entirety.

BACKGROUND

1. Technical Field

Various embodiments generally relate to a semiconductor technology, andmore particularly, to a semiconductor package including different kindsof memory chips.

2. Related Art

Recently, research has been conducted on a variety of methods forimplementing a semiconductor package which is capable of performing ahigh-speed operation while having different kinds of memory chipsmounted thereon.

SUMMARY

In an embodiment, a semiconductor package may include: a DRAM chipmounted on a substrate; an interposer stacked over the DRAM chip andincluding redistribution structures; a nonvolatile memory chip stackedover the interposer; a memory controller chip mounted on the substrate,and including a control circuit for controlling the nonvolatile memorychip and first pads and second pads electrically coupled to the controlcircuit; first conductive coupling members configured to electricallycouple bonding pads of the nonvolatile memory chip to the redistributionstructures; second conductive coupling members configured toelectrically couple the redistribution structures to the first pads; andthird conductive coupling members configured to electrically couple thesecond pads to the substrate. The memory controller chip may be arrangedcloser to the substrate than the nonvolatile memory chip, and thenonvolatile memory chip may be electrically coupled to the substratethrough the first conductive coupling members, the redistributionstructures, the second conductive coupling members, the memorycontroller chip, and the third conductive coupling members.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a semiconductor package in accordance with anembodiment.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along line A-A′ of FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of first and second external electrodes formed ona bottom surface of a substrate.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of a semiconductor package inaccordance with an embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of a semiconductor package in accordance with anembodiment.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken along line B-B′ of FIG. 5.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of a semiconductor package inaccordance with an embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a plan view of a semiconductor package in accordance with anembodiment.

FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view taken along line C-C′ of FIG. 8.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram of an electronic system including asemiconductor package in accordance with an embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a block diagram of a memory card including a semiconductorpackage in accordance with an embodiment.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Hereinafter, a semiconductor package will be described below withreference to the accompanying drawings through various examples ofembodiments.

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, a semiconductor package 10 in accordancewith an embodiment may include a substrate 100, DRAM (Dynamic RandomAccess Memory) chips 200, an interposer 300, nonvolatile memory chips400, and a memory controller chip 500. The semiconductor package 10 inaccordance with the present embodiment may further include first tofourth conductive coupling members 610 to 640 and an encapsulant 700. Inorder to promote understanding, the illustration of the encapsulant 700is omitted in FIG. 1.

Each of the DRAM chips 200 may be mounted on the substrate 100 and mayinclude a first circuit (not illustrated) and first bonding pads 210.The first circuit may include a memory cell array and a peripheralcircuit.

The memory cell array included in the first circuit may have a structurein which a plurality of DRAM cells each including one transistor and onecapacitor are arranged in a matrix shape along the row and columndirections. The peripheral circuit included in the first circuit mayinclude a row decoder for selecting a row of the memory cell array, acolumn decoder for selecting a column of the memory cell array, and acontrol circuit for controlling the operations of the column decoder andthe row decoder.

The first bonding pads 210 may serve as external contacts for electricalcoupling between the outside and the first circuit. The first bondingpads 210 may be arranged on an active surface of the corresponding DRAMchip 200, and electrically coupled to the first circuit. The firstbonding pads 210 may be arranged along one edge of the active surface ofthe DRAM chip 200. That is, the DRAM chips 200 may include edge-pad typechips.

On an inactive surface of the DRAM chip 200, facing the active surface,a first adhesive member 220 made of a tape or resin-type adhesive may beformed. The DRAM chips 200 may be stacked over a top surface of thesubstrate 100 adhered to the substrate 100 by the first adhesive member220.

In the present embodiment, the DRAM chips 200 may be vertically stackedsuch that the side surfaces thereof are aligned with each other. In thepresent embodiment, it has been described that the DRAM chips 200 arevertically stacked. However, the DRAM chips 200 may be stacked in azigzag shape such that one edge thereof, at which the first bonding pads210 are positioned, are exposed on the left and right sides, or the DRAMchips 200 may be offset in stages such that the edges at which the firstbonding pads 210 are positioned are exposed in a stepwise manner.

FIGS. 1 and 2 illustrate that the plurality of DRAM chips 200 arestacked. The present embodiment is not limited thereto, but may includeall cases in which one or more DRAM chips 200 are stacked.

The DRAM chips 200 may be electrically coupled to the substrate 100, andelectrically coupled to an external host through the substrate 100. Theelectrical coupling structure between the DRAM chips 200 and thesubstrate 100 will be apparent through the following descriptions.

The interposer 300 may include redistribution structures 310. Theredistribution structures 310 may be arranged on the top surface of theinterposer 300. Each of the redistribution structures 310 may include afirst redistribution pad 311, a second redistribution pad 312, and aredistribution line 313 for coupling the first and second redistributionpads 311 and 312. The interposer 300 may have first dielectric layer 320formed on the top surface thereof, the first dielectric layer 320 maycover the redistribution lines 313 while leaving the first and secondredistribution pads 311 and 312 exposed. The interposer 300 may have asecond adhesive member 330 formed on a bottom surface thereof, thesecond adhesive member 330 being made of a tape or resin-type adhesive.The interposer 300 may be attached to a top surface of the uppermostDRAM chip 200 through the second adhesive member 330.

The nonvolatile memory chips 400 may be stacked over the interposer 300.Each of the nonvolatile memory chips 400 may include a second circuit(not illustrated) and second bonding pads 410. The second circuit mayinclude a memory cell array and a peripheral circuit.

The nonvolatile memory chip 400 may include a NAND flash chip, and thememory cell array included in the second circuit may include a pluralityof cell strings. A cell string refers to a unit of nonvolatile memorycells coupled in series, and the nonvolatile memory cells included inone cell string may be selected by the same select transistor.

The peripheral circuit included in the second circuit may include a rowdecoder for selecting a word line of the memory cell array and a pagebuffer for selecting a bit line. The page buffer may operate as a writedriver or sense amplifier according to an operation mode. During aprogram operation, the page buffer may transmit a voltage to a bit lineof the memory cell array, the voltage corresponding to data to beprogrammed. During a read operation, the page buffer may sense datastored in a selected memory cell through a bit line. During an eraseoperation, the page buffer may float a bit line of the memory cellarray.

The second bonding pads 410 may serve as external contacts forelectrical coupling between the second circuit and the outside. Thesecond bonding pads 410 may be arranged on an active surface of thecorresponding nonvolatile memory chip 400, and electrically coupled tothe second circuit. The second bonding pads 410 may be arranged alongone edge of the active surface of the nonvolatile memory chip 400. Thatis, the nonvolatile memory chips 400 may include edge pad-type chips.

On an inactive surface of the nonvolatile memory chip 400, facing theactive surface, a third adhesive member 420 made of a tape or resin-typeadhesive may be formed. The nonvolatile memory chips 400 may be stackedover the interposer 300 and adhered to each other by the third adhesivemembers 420 such that one edge thereof, at which the second bonding pads410 are positioned, is arranged close to the redistribution structures310 of the interposer 300. The nonvolatile memory chips 400 may beoffset in stages such that edges at which the second bonding pads 410are positioned are exposed in a stepwise manner.

In the present embodiment, it has been described that the plurality ofnonvolatile memory chips 400 are stacked. However, the presentembodiment is not limited thereto, but may include all cases and mannersin which one or more nonvolatile memory chips 400 may be stacked.

The memory controller chip 500 may include a control circuit 514implemented as an integrated circuit in which individual elements suchas transistors, resistors, capacitors, and fuses are electricallycoupled to each other, the individual elements being required to controlthe nonvolatile memory chips 400.

The memory controller chip 500 may be mounted on and electricallycoupled to the substrate 100, and electrically coupled to an externalhost through the substrate 100. The memory controller chip 500 mayreceive a control signal from the host through the substrate 100, andcontrol the nonvolatile memory chips 400 in response to the controlsignal from the host. That is, the memory controller chip 500 maycontrol the nonvolatile memory chips 400 to store data therein, to readdata stored therein, or to erase data, in response to a write/read/eraserequest from the host. The electrical coupling structure between thememory controller chip 500 and the substrate 100 will be apparentthrough the following descriptions.

The memory controller chip 500 may include third bonding pads 510 and520 formed on an active surface thereof. The third bonding pads 510 and520 may include first pads 510 and second pads 520. The first pads 510may serve as an external contact for electrical coupling between thecontrol circuit 514 and the nonvolatile memory chips 400, and the secondpads 520 may serve as external contacts for electrical coupling betweenthe control circuit 514 and the substrate 100.

On an inactive surface of the memory controller chip 500, facing theactive surface, a fourth adhesive member 530 made of a tape orresin-type adhesive may be formed. The memory controller chip 500 may beattached to the top surface of the substrate 100 through the fourthadhesive member 530. Thus, the memory controller chip 500 may bearranged closer to the substrate 100 than the nonvolatile memory chips400, and the distance between the substrate 100 and the third bondingpads 510 and 520 of the memory controller chip 500 may be shorter thanany of the distances between the substrate 100 and the second bondingpads 410 of the nonvolatile memory chips 400.

The memory controller chip 500 may be arranged in such a manner that oneedge of the memory controller chip 500, at which the first pads 510 arepositioned, faces the edges of the nonvolatile memory chips 400, atwhich the second bonding pads 410 are positioned.

The redistribution structures 310 of the interposer 300 may be arrangedbetween the edges of the nonvolatile memory chips 400, at which thesecond bonding pads 410 are positioned, and the edge of the memorycontroller chip 500, at which the first pads 510 are positioned. Thefirst redistribution pads 311 of the redistribution structures 310 maybe arranged relatively closer to the second bonding pads 410 of thenonvolatile memory chips 400 than the second redistribution pads 312,and the second redistribution pads 312 of the redistribution structures310 may be arranged relatively closer to the first pads 511 of thememory controller chip 500 than the first redistribution pads 311.

The substrate 100 may be selected from a ceramic substrate, a glasssubstrate, a printed circuit board and an interposer substrate.Alternatively, the substrate 100 may be formed of an active wafer.

The substrate 100 may include first and second bonding fingers 110 and120 formed on the top surface thereof on which the DRAM chips 200 andthe memory controller chip 500 may be mounted. The first bonding fingers110 may be electrically coupled to the DRAM chips 200 via the fourthconductive coupling members 640, and the second bonding fingers 120 maybe electrically coupled to the memory controller chip 500 via the secondconductive coupling member 620.

The substrate 100 may include a plurality of external electrodes 141 and142 formed on a bottom surface thereof. The external electrodes 141 and142 may include first external electrodes 141 and second externalelectrodes 142. The substrate 100 may further include first internallines 161 for electrically coupling the first bonding fingers 110 to thefirst external electrodes 141, and second internal lines 162 forelectrically coupling the second bonding fingers 120 to the secondexternal electrodes 142.

The first and second external electrodes 141 and 142 may have externalcoupling terminals 150 formed thereon. The external coupling terminals150 may include solder balls, conductive bumps, conductive posts, or acombination thereof. FIGS. 1 and 2 illustrate the case in which solderballs are used as the external coupling terminals 150.

The semiconductor package 10 may be mounted on an external device, forexample, an external system board or a main board through the externalcoupling terminals 150, electrically coupled to a host through thesystem board or main board, and operated according to a request of thehost.

The second bonding pads 410 of the nonvolatile memory chips 400 may beelectrically coupled to the first redistribution pads 311 of theredistribution structure 310 of the interposer 300 through firstconductive coupling members 610. The first conductive coupling members610 may include conductive wires. As illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2, eachof the first conductive coupling members 610 may electrically coupleeach of the second bonding pads 410 of the nonvolatile memory chips 400.In addition, each of the first conductive coupling members 610 mayelectrically couple the second bonding pad 410 of the lowermostnonvolatile memory chip 400 to the first redistribution pad 311 of theredistribution structure 310.

The second redistribution pads 312 of the redistribution structure 310may be electrically coupled to the first pads 510 of the memorycontroller chip 500 through the second conductive coupling members 620.The second conductive coupling members 620 may include conductive wires.

The second pads 520 of the memory controller chip 500 may beelectrically coupled to the second bonding fingers 120 of the substrate100 through third conductive coupling members 630. The third conductivecoupling members 630 may include conductive wires.

The first bonding pads 210 of the DRAM chips 200 may be electricallycoupled to the first bonding fingers 110 of the substrate 100 throughfourth conductive coupling members 640. The fourth conductive couplingmembers 640 may include conductive wires. The fourth conductive couplingmembers 640 may provide first electrical paths which serve to transmitsignals between the DRAM chips 200 and the substrate 100. The firstadhesive member 220 for attaching the DRAM chips 200 to each other maybe formed of a material into which a wire can be penetrated and/or whichcan be hardened. For example, the first adhesive member 220 may beformed of a thermosetting adhesive member such as PST (Penetrate SpacerTape). A part of the fourth conductive coupling members 640 maypenetrate or pass through the first adhesive member 220.

The encapsulant 700 may be formed on the top surface of the substrate100 so as to cover the DRAM chips 200, the interposer 300, thenonvolatile memory chips 400, the memory controller chip 500, and thefirst to fourth conductive coupling members 610 to 640. The encapsulant700 may include one or more materials selected from polymer compositematerials such as epoxy resin with a filler, epoxy acrylate with afiller, and polymer with a filler.

The nonvolatile memory chips 400 may be electrically coupled to thesubstrate 100 through the first conductive coupling members 610, theredistribution structures 310, the second conductive coupling members620, the memory controller chip 500, and the third conductive couplingmembers 630. The first conductive coupling members 610, theredistribution structures 310, the second conductive coupling members620, the memory controller chip 500, and the third conductive couplingmembers 630 may provide second electrical paths which serve to transmitsignals, for example, data signals between the nonvolatile memory chips400 and the substrate 100.

The electrical paths (second electrical paths) between the nonvolatilememory chips 400 and the substrate 100 may have a greater length thanthe electrical paths (first electrical paths) between the DRAM chips 200and the substrate 100. Thus, an operating speed of the semiconductorpackage 10 may be determined by the lengths of the second electricalpaths, and the lengths of the second electrical paths need to beshortened in order to improve the operating speed of the semiconductorpackage 10.

As described above, the nonvolatile memory chips 400 may be electricallycoupled to the substrate 100 through the memory controller chip 500.Thus, when the length of the electrical path between the memorycontroller chip 500 and the substrate 100 is reduced, the lengths of thesecond electrical paths can be reduced.

In the present embodiment, since the memory controller chip 500 is notarranged over the nonvolatile memory chips 400 but arranged over thesubstrate 100, the length of the electrical path between the memorycontroller chip 500 and the substrate 100 can be reduced more than whenthe memory controller chip 500 is arranged over the nonvolatile memorychips 400. Thus, since the lengths of the second electrical paths areshortened, the operating speed of the semiconductor package 10 can beimproved.

The first external electrodes 141 of the substrate 100 may beelectrically coupled to the DRAM chips 200 through the first internallines 161, the first bonding fingers 110, and the fourth conductivecoupling members 640. That is, the first external electrodes 141 of thesubstrate 100 may serve as external electrodes of the semiconductorpackage 10, which electrically couple an external device and the DRAMchips 200.

The second external electrodes 142 of the substrate 100 may beelectrically coupled to the memory controller chip 500 through thesecond internal lines 162, the second bonding fingers 120, and the thirdconductive coupling members 630. That is, the second external electrodes142 of the substrate 100 may serve as external electrodes of thesemiconductor package 10, which electrically couple an external deviceand the memory controller chip 500.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the bottom surface of the substrate 100,illustrating that the plurality of first and second external electrodes141 and 142 are arranged across the entire bottom surface of thesubstrate 100.

As such, since a large number of first and second external electrodes141 and 142 are arranged across the entire bottom surface of thesubstrate 100, the first internal lines 161 for electrically couplingthe first external electrodes 141 to the first bonding fingers 110 andthe second internal lines 162 for electrically coupling the secondexternal electrodes 142 to the second bonding fingers 120 may also bearranged across the entire region of the substrate 100. Thus, since adesign margin is reduced by the space occupied by the first and secondinternal lines 161 and 162, it is not easy to form the internal lines inthe substrate 100, the internal lines serving to couple the nonvolatilememory chips 400 and the memory controller chip 500. When the internallines for coupling the memory chips 400 and the memory controller chip500 are formed in the substrate 100, the number of internal lines formedin the substrate 100 may be excessively increased to degrade a degree offreedom in designing the internal lines. Thus, since the lengths of theinternal lines are increased, the signal integrity may be degraded, andthe operating speed may be reduced.

In the present embodiment, the nonvolatile memory chips 400 may beelectrically coupled to the memory controller chip 500 through the firstconductive coupling members 610, the redistribution structures 310, andthe second conductive coupling members 620. That is, the nonvolatilememory chips 400 may be electrically coupled to the memory controllerchip 500 without the substrate 100 therebetween. Thus, the substrate 100may exclude internal lines for electrically coupling the nonvolatilememory chips 400 and the memory controller chip 500. Thus, the number ofinternal lines formed in the substrate 100 can be significantly reduced,compared to when internal lines for coupling the nonvolatile memorychips 400 and the memory controller chip 500 are formed in the substrate100.

Thus, the degree of freedom in designing other internal lines formed inthe substrate 100, for example, the first and second internal lines 161and 162 can be improved. The design of the first internal line 161 canbe optimized to improve the signal transmission ability between the DRAMchips 200 and the external host, and the second internal line 162 can beoptimized to improve the signal transmission ability between the memorycontroller chip 500 and the external host.

Since the second electrical paths do not pass through the substrate 100,the design of the second electrical paths can be optimized to shortenthe lengths of the second electrical paths, without a design constraintcaused by the first and second internal lines 161 and 162 formed in thesubstrate 100. In the present embodiment, the memory controller chip 500may be arranged in such a manner that an edge of the memory controllerchip 500 at which the first pads 510 are positioned, faces the edges ofthe nonvolatile memory chips 400 at which the second bonding pads 410are positioned, and the redistribution structures 310 may be arrangedbetween the edges of the nonvolatile memory chips 400 at which thesecond bonding pads 410 are positioned, and the edge of the memorycontroller chip 500 at which the first pads 510 are positioned. Thus,the lengths of the first conductive coupling members 610, theredistribution structures 310, and the second conductive couplingmembers 620 can be minimized. As a result, since the lengths of thesecond electrical paths are shortened, an operating speed of thesemiconductor package 10 can be improved while the signal integrity isimproved.

The present embodiment is not limited to the structure described withreference to FIGS. 1 and 2, but can be modified in various manners. Themodifiable embodiments will be described below with reference to FIGS. 4to 9.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of a semiconductor package 20 inaccordance with an embodiment, FIG. 5 is a plan view of a semiconductorpackage 30 in accordance with an embodiment, FIG. 6 is a cross-sectionalview taken along line B-B′ of FIG. 5, and FIG. 7 is a cross-sectionalview of a semiconductor package 40 in accordance with an embodiment.FIG. 8 is a plan view of a semiconductor package 50 in accordance withan embodiment, and FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view taken along lineC-C′ of FIG. 8.

In the embodiments described with reference to FIGS. 4 to 9,substantially the same components as those described with reference toFIGS. 1 and 2 will be represented by like names and reference numbers,therefore the duplicated descriptions of the same components will beomitted.

Referring to FIG. 4, the substrate 100, the DRAM chips 200, theinterposer 300, the nonvolatile memory chips 400, the memory controllerchip 500, and the encapsulant 700 may be provided in the form of acard-type package or main board-mounted package. For example, thesemiconductor package 20 may have a structure in which the externalcoupling terminals 150 of FIG. 2 are omitted.

Referring to FIGS. 5 and 6, the interposer 300 may have an overhangportion OP protruding beyond side surfaces of the DRAM chips 200.Specifically, the DRAM chips 200 may have a smaller width than theinterposer 300, and one end portion of the interposer 300 may protrudebeyond the side surfaces of the DRAM chips 200, thereby forming theoverhang portion OP.

The memory controller chip 500 may be arranged in such a manner that thenonvolatile memory chips 400 are above but not over the memorycontroller chip 500. Further the memory controller chip 500 may bearranged such that a part of the memory controller chip 500 is coveredby the overhang portion OP of the interposer 300. For example, thememory controller chip 500 may be arranged in such a manner that a partthereof, excluding an edge at which the first pads 510 are positioned,overlaps the overhang portion OP of the interposer 300. The second pads520 of the memory controller chip 500 may be arranged under the overhangportion OP of the interposer 300, and the third conductive couplingmembers 630 for electrically coupling the second pads 520 of the memorycontroller chip 500 to the second bonding fingers 120 of the substrate100 may also be arranged under the overhang portion OP of the interposer300. The memory controller chip 500 may also be coupled to theredistribution structures 310 via the second conductive coupling members620. Further, the redistribution structures 310 may be formed over thememory controller chip 500, but the redistribution structures 310 mayonly be in contact with the memory controller chip 500 via the secondconductive coupling members 620.

In accordance with the present embodiment, since a part of the memorycontroller chip 500 is covered by the overhang portion OP of theinterposer 300, a size of the semiconductor package 30 can besignificantly reduced. Furthermore, the third conductive couplingmembers 630 may be arranged under the overhang portion OP of theinterposer 300, which makes it possible to suppress an increase of thepackage size, caused by the third conductive coupling members 630.

Referring to FIG. 7, the third conductive coupling members 630 may beimplemented as bumps. The third conductive coupling members 630 may beformed on the active surface of the memory controller chip 500, on whichthe first pads 510 and the second pads 520 are positioned, so as to beelectrically coupled to the second pads 520.

The memory controller chip 500 may be mounted on the second bondingfingers 120 of the substrate 100 through the third conductive couplingmembers 630 according to a flip-chip bonding method. On the inactivesurface of the memory controller chip 500, facing the active surface, anadditional pad 550 may be formed. The memory controller chip 500 mayinclude a through-chip vias 560 for electrically coupling the first pads510 and the additional pads 550 through the memory controller chip 500from the inactive surface. Between the memory controller chip 500 andthe substrate 100, an under-fill member 570 may be formed.

Referring to FIGS. 8 and 9, the redistribution structures 310 of theinterposer 300 may be implemented as line-type pads. One end of theline-type pads forming the redistribution structures 310 may be coupledto the first conductive coupling members 610, and the other ends of theline-type pads, facing the one ends thereof, may be coupled to thesecond conductive members 620. The interposer 300 may have seconddielectric layer 321 formed on a top surface thereof, the seconddielectric layer 321 leaving the redistribution structures 310comprising the line-type pads exposed.

The above-described semiconductor packages may be applied to varioussemiconductor devices and package modules.

Referring to FIG. 10, the semiconductor packages in accordance with thepresent embodiments may be applied to an electronic system 710. Theelectronic system 710 may include a controller 711, an input/output 712,and a memory 713. The controller 711, the input/output 712, and thememory 713 may be coupled to each other through a bus 718 to provide apath through which data are transmitted.

For example, the controller 711 may include one or more microprocessors,one or more digital signal processors, one or more microcontrollers, andone or more of logic circuits capable of performing the same functionsas the components. The memory 713 may include one or more of thesemiconductor packages in accordance with the present embodiments. Theinput/output 712 may include one or more selected from a keypad, akeyboard, a display device, and a touch screen. The memory 713 may storedata and/or a command executed by the controller 711 or the like.

The memory 713 may include a volatile memory device such as DRAM and/ora nonvolatile memory device such as a flash memory. For example, theflash memory may be mounted in an information processing system such asa mobile terminal or desktop computer. The flash memory may beimplemented as an SSD (Solid State Disk). In this case, the electronicsystem 710 may stably store a large amount of data in the flash memorysystem.

The electronic system 710 may further include an interface 714configured to transmit/receive data to/from a communication network. Theinterface 714 may include a wired or wireless interface. For example,the interface 714 may include an antenna, a wired transceiver, or awireless transceiver.

The electronic system 710 may be a mobile system, a personal computer,an industrial computer, or a logic system which performs variousfunctions. For example, the mobile system may correspond to any one of aPDA (Personal Digital Assistant), a portable computer, a tabletcomputer, a mobile phone, a smart phone, a wireless telephone, a laptopcomputer, a memory card, a digital music system, and an informationtransmitting/receiving system.

When the electronic system 710 performs wireless communications, theelectronic system 710 may be used in a communication system such as CDMA(Code Division Multiple Access), GSM (Global System for Mobilecommunication), NADC (North American Digital Cellular), E-TDMA(Enhanced-Time Division Multiple Access), WCDMA (Wideband Code DivisionMultiple Access), CDMA2000, LTE (Long Term Evolution), or Wibro(Wireless Broadband Internet).

Referring to FIG. 11, the semiconductor packages in accordance with thepresent embodiments may be provided in the form of a memory card 800.For example, the memory card 800 may include a memory 810 such as anonvolatile memory device and a memory controller 820. The memory 810and the memory controller 820 may store data or read stored data.

The memory 810 may include one or more nonvolatile memory devices towhich the semiconductor packages in accordance with the presentembodiments are applied, and the memory controller 820 may control thememory 810 to read data stored therein or to store data therein inresponse to a write/read request from a host 830.

While various embodiments have been described above, it will beunderstood by those skilled in the art that the embodiments describedare by way of example only. Accordingly, the semiconductor packagedescribed herein should not be limited based on the describedembodiments.

What is claimed is:
 1. A semiconductor package comprising: a DRAM chipmounted on a substrate; an interposer stacked over the DRAM chip andcomprising redistribution structures; a nonvolatile memory chip stackedover the interposer; a memory controller chip mounted on the substrate,and comprising a control circuit for controlling the nonvolatile memorychip and first pads and second pads electrically coupled to the controlcircuit; first conductive coupling members configured to electricallycouple bonding pads of the nonvolatile memory chip to the redistributionstructures; second conductive coupling members configured toelectrically couple the redistribution structures to the first pads; andthird conductive coupling members configured to electrically couple thesecond pads to the substrate, wherein the memory controller chip isarranged closer to the substrate than the nonvolatile memory chip, andthe nonvolatile memory chip is electrically coupled to the substratethrough the first conductive coupling members, the redistributionstructures, the second conductive coupling members, the memorycontroller chip, and the third conductive coupling members, wherein thesubstrate comprises: first bonding fingers formed on the top surface ofthe substrate on which the DRAM chip and the memory controller chip aremounted, and electrically coupled to bonding pads of the DRAM chip;second bonding fingers formed on the top surface of the substrate, andelectrically coupled to the second pads; first external electrodesformed on the bottom surface of the substrate, facing the top surfacethereof, and electrically coupled to the first bonding fingers; secondexternal electrodes formed on the bottom surface of the substrate andelectrically coupled to the second bonding fingers; first internal linesconfigured to electrically couple the first bonding fingers to the firstexternal electrodes; and second internal lines configured toelectrically couple the second bonding fingers to the second externalelectrodes.
 2. The semiconductor package of claim 1, wherein thenonvolatile memory chip comprises a NAND flash chip.
 3. Thesemiconductor package of claim 1, wherein the redistribution structuresare arranged on the top surface of the interposer, and each of theredistribution structures comprises: a first redistribution pad to whichthe first conductive coupling member is coupled; a second redistributionpad to which the second conductive coupling member is coupled; and aredistribution line configured to couple the first redistribution padand the second redistribution pad.
 4. The semiconductor package of claim3, further comprising dielectric layer formed on the top surface of theinterposer so as to cover the redistribution lines while leaving thefirst redistribution pads and the second redistribution pads exposed. 5.The semiconductor package of claim 1, wherein the redistributionstructures comprise line-type pads having one end coupled to the firstconductive coupling members, respectively, and an other end facing theone end and coupled to the second conductive coupling members,respectively.
 6. The semiconductor package of claim 5, furthercomprising dielectric layer formed on the top surface of the interposerso as to leave the line-type pads exposed.
 7. The semiconductor packageof claim 1, wherein the first, second and third conductive couplingmembers comprise conductive wires.
 8. The semiconductor package of claim1, further comprising fourth conductive coupling members configured toelectrically couple the bonding pads of the DRAM chip to the firstbonding fingers.
 9. The semiconductor package of claim 8, wherein thefourth conductive coupling members comprise conductive wires.
 10. Thesemiconductor package of claim 1, wherein the third conductive couplingmembers comprise bumps.
 11. The semiconductor package of claim 10,wherein the bumps are formed on an active surface of the memorycontroller chip, on which the first pads and the second pads arepositioned, and electrically coupled to the second pads, and the memorycontroller chip is mounted on bonding fingers formed on the top surfaceof the substrate through the bumps.
 12. The semiconductor package ofclaim 11, wherein the memory controller chip further comprises:additional pads formed on an inactive surface facing the active surface;and through-chip vias configured to electrically couple the additionalpads to the first pads through the memory controller chip.
 13. Thesemiconductor package of claim 1, wherein the interposer comprises anoverhang portion protruding beyond a side surface of the DRAM chip, andthe memory controller chip is arranged in such a manner that at least apart of the memory controller chip is covered by the overhang portion.14. The semiconductor package of claim 1, wherein the interposercomprises an overhang portion protruding beyond a side surface of theDRAM chip, and the third conductive coupling members are arranged underthe overhang portion.
 15. The semiconductor package of claim 1, whereinthe substrate excludes internal lines for electrically coupling thenonvolatile memory chip and the memory controller chip.
 16. Thesemiconductor package of claim 1, wherein the redistribution structuresare formed over the memory controller chip, where the redistributionstructure is in contact with the memory controller chip only via thesecond conductive coupling member.
 17. The semiconductor package ofclaim 1, wherein the memory controller chip is formed underneath theinterposer and the memory controller chip is coupled to theredistribution structures via the second conductive coupling members andcoupled to bonding fingers disposed in the substrate via the thirdconductive coupling members.
 18. The semiconductor package of claim 1,wherein the interposer comprises an overhang portion protruding beyond aside surface of the DRAM chip, and the nonvolatile memory chips arestacked above but not over the memory chip controller.
 19. Thesemiconductor package of claim 1, wherein second redistribution pads ofthe redistribution structures are coupled to the first pads of thememory controller chip through the second conductive coupling members,and the second pads of the memory controller chip are coupled to secondbonding fingers disposed in the substrate via the third conductivecoupling member.